60NYT > Yusef Salaamtopics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/yusef_salaam/index.html?inline=nyt-perNews about Yusef Salaam, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.Copyright 2014 The New York Times Companyen-usTue 31 Mar 2015 16:57:02 -0400http://static01.nyt.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gifNYThttp://www.nytimes.comAt Sing Sing, Inmates Who Are Pursuing an Education Take the Stagehttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/nyregion/sing-sing-inmates-pursuing-an-education-take-the-stage.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/nyregion/sing-sing-inmates-pursuing-an-education-take-the-stage.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/12/05/nyregion/SINGSINGweb1/SINGSINGweb1-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>The event, an offshoot of the TED Talks conference series, was a showcase for felons who are continuing their studies while at the Ossining, N.Y., prison.By COREY KILGANNONSat, 06 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/nyregion/sing-sing-inmates-pursuing-an-education-take-the-stage.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssSettlement Is Approved in Central Park Jogger Case, but New York Deflects Blamehttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/nyregion/41-million-settlement-for-5-convicted-in-jogger-case-is-approved.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/nyregion/41-million-settlement-for-5-convicted-in-jogger-case-is-approved.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/06/nyregion/06CENTRAL/06CENTRAL-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>The five men who were convicted will share $41 million, or about $1 million for each year spent in prison.By BENJAMIN WEISERSat, 06 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/nyregion/41-million-settlement-for-5-convicted-in-jogger-case-is-approved.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss3 Freed in Central Park Jogger Case Thank Supportershttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/nyregion/3-freed-in-central-park-jogger-case-thank-supporters.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/nyregion/3-freed-in-central-park-jogger-case-thank-supporters.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/06/28/nyregion/28CP51sub/28CP51sub-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>At a news conference, three of the five men whose convictions were overturned praised Mayor Bill de Blasio for settling their lawsuit against New York City.By KATE TAYLOR and NATE SCHWEBERSat, 28 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/nyregion/3-freed-in-central-park-jogger-case-thank-supporters.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssA Settlement in the Central Park Jogger Casehttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/opinion/a-settlement-in-the-central-park-jogger-case.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssReparations to the men wrongly convicted of the Central Park attack will help close a shameful episode in the city’s history.By THE EDITORIAL BOARDSat, 21 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/opinion/a-settlement-in-the-central-park-jogger-case.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss5 Exonerated in Central Park Jogger Case Agree to Settle Suit for $40 Millionhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/nyregion/5-exonerated-in-central-park-jogger-case-are-to-settle-suit-for-40-million.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/nyregion/5-exonerated-in-central-park-jogger-case-are-to-settle-suit-for-40-million.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/06/20/nyregion/20settle-01-JP/20settle-01-JP-thumbStandard-v5.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>The five men whose convictions in the brutal 1989 beating and rape of a female jogger in Central Park were later overturned have agreed to a settlement of about $40 million from New York City.By BENJAMIN WEISERFri, 20 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/nyregion/5-exonerated-in-central-park-jogger-case-are-to-settle-suit-for-40-million.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssCleared in the Rape of a Central Park Jogger, but Still Calculating the Costhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/nyregion/cleared-of-central-park-jogger-rape-still-calculating-the-cost.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/nyregion/cleared-of-central-park-jogger-rape-still-calculating-the-cost.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/11/21/nyregion/ABOUT1/ABOUT1-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>Freed from prison, a man convicted in the 1989 attack said he had to leave New York to start a new life.By JIM DWYERWed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/nyregion/cleared-of-central-park-jogger-rape-still-calculating-the-cost.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssWhen Mass Hysteria Convicted 5 Teenagershttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/opinion/sunday/when-mass-hysteria-convicted-5-teenagers.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/opinion/sunday/when-mass-hysteria-convicted-5-teenagers.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/10/28/sunday-review/1028editorial/1028editorial-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>A new documentary about the Central Park Jogger case and the exonerated teenagers takes us back to a time when things went very wrong.By BRENT STAPLESSun, 28 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/opinion/sunday/when-mass-hysteria-convicted-5-teenagers.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssJogger Victim Was 'Stunned' By Confessionhttp://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/29/nyregion/jogger-victim-was-stunned-by-confession.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssThe woman known as the Central Park jogger writes in a memoir due out next month that she was ''too stunned to respond'' upon learning that a new suspect had confessed to attacking her almost 14 years ago. The jogger, Trisha Meili, 42, was found...Sat, 29 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/29/nyregion/jogger-victim-was-stunned-by-confession.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssMetro Briefing | Connecticut: Stamford: Woman In Central Park Attack To Speakhttp://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/nyregion/metro-briefing-connecticut-stamford-woman-in-central-park-attack-to-speak.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssThe woman who became known in 1989 as the Central Park jogger after she was raped, beaten and left for dead plans to speak publicly about the case next month. The woman is scheduled to speak on April 10 at an event to promote Sexual Assault Awareness...Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/nyregion/metro-briefing-connecticut-stamford-woman-in-central-park-attack-to-speak.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss5 in Jogger Case Plan to Sue, Lawyers Sayhttp://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/15/nyregion/5-in-jogger-case-plan-to-sue-lawyers-say.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssThe five young men whose convictions 13 years ago for the beating and rape of a woman jogging through Central Park were overturned last year each plan to sue the Police Department and state prosecutors for $50 million, their lawyers said yesterday. ...By SUSAN SAULNYSat, 15 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/15/nyregion/5-in-jogger-case-plan-to-sue-lawyers-say.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss